{"id":103158,"date":"2026-03-05T21:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103158"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:28:19","slug":"tiktok-announces-not-add-end-to-end-encryption-to-direct-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/tiktok-announces-not-add-end-to-end-encryption-to-direct-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok announces not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: TikTok has announced that it will not provide <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/whatsapp-web-adds-voice-and-video-calls-with-secure-encryption\/\">end-to-end encryption<\/a> protection in the video-sharing app\u2019s Direct Messages feature.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report, TikTok has made this decision because the company believes that it makes users less secure.<\/p>\n<p>During a security briefing in London, TikTok was told that if end-to-end encryption technology is used, the company\u2019s safety teams or law enforcement agencies will not be able to read messages if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that for this reason, we have decided not to make the end-to-end encryption feature part of Direct Messages, the main purpose of which is to ensure the safety of minor users on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>With end-to-end encryption, only the sender and recipient of the message can read it.<\/p>\n<p>According to TikTok, messages sent in its app are protected by traditional encryption and only authorized officials can access them.<\/p>\n<p>The company said this is done only when requested by management or when harmful behavior is reported among users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: TikTok has announced that it will not provide end-to-end encryption protection in the video-sharing app\u2019s Direct Messages feature. According to a report, TikTok has made this decision because the company believes that it makes users less secure. During a security briefing in London, TikTok was told that if end-to-end encryption technology is used, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":41828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1660,37202],"class_list":["post-103158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-tiktok","tag-end-to-end-encryption-to-direct-messages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103159,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103158\/revisions\/103159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}